Thank you for contacting the court as indicated on your citation.
Mandatory citation means that it is required to appear before the judge to resolve the citation.
If any of the following charges are on your citation, your citations is considered mandatory:
- Possession of drugs or drug paraphernalia
- Illegal consumption of alcohol (18 – 20 years old)
- Possession of tobacco (18 – 20 years old)
- Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
- Assault
- Domestic violence
- Disorderly conduct
- Criminal mischief
- False information to a police officer
- Lewdness or urinating in public
- Trespassing
- Theft – Including retail theft, library theft, etc)
- Driving under the influence
- Negligent collision
- Failure to remain at scene of accident
- Traffic violations with injury severity of 3 – 5
- Reckless driving
- Speeding in school zone 20+ miles over speed limit
- Revoked license involving alcohol or drugs
- Speeding over 31 miles over speed limit
- Speeding at 100+
- Nuisance animal
- Unattended child in vehicle
This list is not all inclusive. If you do not see the charges listed on your citation in the above list, your charges may be considered non-mandatory. Please click this link to go to information on non-mandatory citations. You can also contact the court by phone at 801-724-3900, by text at 801-229-7000 or by email at jcorem@utcourts.gov to speak to a judicial assistant and learn more about if your charges are considered mandatory.
Resolving a citation with mandatory charges will involve the following steps:
- Complete the Request for Hearing Plus Rights, Instructions and Enhancement Form
- The court will process the form and email you a hearing date. If you do not receive an email within 2 business days, please check your spam folder since these come from a general utcourts.gov email.
- Create a MyCase account to stay up to date with all of your case information. Go to utcourts.gov/mycase to start the process.
- Watch the Rights Video
Go to orem.org/courtvideo the day of your hearing and go down to step 4 to get the link for your Webex hearing. If you do not have a device to attend the remote hearing, please come to the Orem Justice Court located at 97 E Center, Orem, Utah on the day of your hearing to use one of the court devices.